20th New Directions in Turkish Film Studies Conference: "Cinema and Migration"
May 9-11, 2019
Kadir Has University, Faculty of
Communication
Istanbul, TURKEY
Migration is one of the most controversial and pressing
issues of our times. Due to economic deprivation, violence, human rights
violations, political uncertainty and environmental problems, being on the road
to somewhere has become the new norm. Yet in most cases, it is a departure
without a certain arrival. According to the figures of UNHCR, 68.5 million
people across the world are forcibly displaced and Turkey ranks first among top
refugee-hosting countries. Between 2011-2016, the number of migrants in Turkey
has reached 3.5 million. In this landscape, the significant questions of
integration and harmonization arise, as discussed in M. Murat Erdoğan’s (2015)
work on Syrians in Turkey.
